Description

The book is concerned with design of cold-formed steel structures in building based on the Eurocode 3 package, particularly on EN 1993-1-3. It contains the essentials of theoretical background and design rules for cold-formed steel sections and sheeting, members and connections for building applications. Elaborated examples and design applications - more than 200 pages - are included in the respective chapters in order to provide a better understanding to the reader.

About the Author

Dan Dubina is professor and head of the Department of Steel Structures and Structural Mechanics at the Politehnica University of Timisoara, Romania. He has published more than 400 scientific papers and 25 books in the field of cold-formed steel structures, steel structures in seismic areas, structural connections, and structural analysis. He is a member of the ECCS Technical Committees TC 7 (Cold Formed Thin Walled Sheet Steel in Building), TC 8 (Stability), TC 10 (Connections), and TC 13 (Seismic Design). He has been awarded with the ECCS European Steel Design Award twice.

Raffaele Landolfo is professor of structural engineering at the University of Naples "Federico II". He is external examiner for MSc in earthquake engineering and structural steel design at the Imperial College London and he also teaches in several PhD and master courses. He is head of the Department of Constructions and Mathematical Methods in architecture at the University of Naples. He was engaged in the activities of both national working groups and European project teams dealing with the conversion from ENV to EN of the EN 1993-1-3, and he is chairing the ECCS Technical Committee TC 13 (Seismic Design).

Viorel Ungureanu is associate professor at the Politehnica University of Timisoara, Romania. His research is focused on the field of steel structures and especially cold-formed thin-walled structures. He contributed to the translation of EN 1993-1-3 into Romanian and was part of the team which elaborated the Romanian National Annexes for this document. He is a member of the ECCS TC 7 (Cold Formed Thin Walled Sheet Steel in Building).

3.7 Design against local and distortional buckling according to EN 1993-1-3 132

3.8 Resistance of cross-section 175

CHAPTER 4 BEHAVIOUR AND DESIGN RESISTANCE OF BAR MEMBERS 239

4.1 General 239

4.2 Compression members 241

4.3 Buckling strength of bending members 277

4.4 Buckling of members in bending and axial compression 299

4.5 Beams restrained by sheeting 324

4.6 Design of beams at serviceability limit states 363

CHAPTER 5 SHEETING ACTING AS DIAPHRAGM 367

5.1 Introduction 367

5.2 General design considerations on diaphragm action 372

5.3 Design procedures for sheeting acting as diaphragm 382

5.4 Interaction of the shear diaphragms with supporting framing 412

5.5 Diaphragm action of sandwich panels 422

CHAPTER 6 STRUCTURAL LINER TRAYS 437

6.1 Introduction 437

6.2 Design procedures for cassette sections 442

6.3 Design procedures for cassette panels acting as diaphragm 453

6.4 Combined effects 457

CHAPTER 7 CONNECTIONS 463

7.1 Introduction 463

7.2 Fastening techniques of the cold-formed steel constructions 465

7.3 Mechanical properties of connections 487

7.4 Design of connections 489

7.5 Design assisted by testing cold-formed steel connections 536

CHAPTER 8 BUILDING FRAMING 557

8.1 General information 557

8.2 Introduction 557

8.3 Construction systems 558

8.4 Stick built constructions 563

8.5 conceptual design 573

8.6 Structural design 589

8.7 Case study: residential building 608

References 633

Reviews

“The authors are clearly extremely experienced in the structural design and behaviour of cold-formed steel and they are also deeply knowledgeable about the content of EN 1993-1-3. The credentials of the authors and fact that the book forms part of the ECCS series of Eurocode Design Manuals means that this will become an authoritative text for engineers with an interest in the design of cold-formed steel.” (The Structural Engineer, 1 July 2013